For many of us, our day-to-day jobs have changed. No matter what you do for a living, you’re probably working a lot differently than you did at the beginning of 2020, before coronavirus changed all our lives. This is particularly true for anyone who now works from home. Inevitably, this dramatic change in the way… Read more »
A surprising number of people don’t tell the unvarnished truth on their resumes Given how easy it is for screening professionals – and even for an average person who’s got some good internet skills – to find out a whole lot about people, it seems foolish for people to fabricate jobs and job titles on… Read more »
You might be surprised what background checks can tell you For many businesses, ‘background checks’ mean a quick check of potential employees’ references, just to get a second opinion and maybe confirm they’ve held the positions they say they’ve held. But background checks can be far more extensive than that. As we’ve discussed before, a single,… Read more »
No two corporate fraud and corruption investigations are the same: Some involve people, some involve processes, and still others involve outside companies or individuals. But no matter what kind of investigation you’re conducting, there are some steps that we know – from our 27+ years in business – are critical to success. Here’s a handy infographic… Read more »
What happens when pre-employment screening turns up a criminal record As an employer based in Canada, you may be aware of the basics of pre-employment screening: You know that, during the interview process, you’re not supposed to ask about a job-seeker’s marital status, age, religion, gender or other things covered in the Human Rights Code.… Read more »
It’s good for your employees – and your business The good news is that in the past decade, we’ve seen an increasing acceptance of ‘mental health issues’ in the workplace: You’re no longer risking your career if you admit that you need time off to deal with depression, or suffer from seasonal affective disorder, or… Read more »
(They’re not getting you the information you need.) As part of our Screening practice, we’re talking to recruiters, HR managers, and department managers all the time. Lately many of them are saying the same thing: “Interviewing and finding the right candidates has always been tough, but now that we’re having to hire people without ever… Read more »
. . . . . PART I: Don’t let violence take your workplace by surprise When we’re engaged by a client to conduct an investigation or provide security after a major incidence of violence in the workplace, we often hear the same comment: “We were taken by surprise – we never imagined something like that… Read more »
Keep the A-listers – and turn the B-listers into top performers As more people are vaccinated, and more businesses return to at least a semblance of normalcy, we’re going to see an escalation of the entry-level talent crisis that so many of the frontline organizations have been experiencing for the past year: How do you… Read more »
Fraud happens in organizations. It’s important to be prepared. You gain an interesting perspective, working in corporate investigations and labour relations as long as we have. Most of the time, we see the best of people: Employees who truly come to work every day wanting to work hard and do the right thing; employees who… Read more »
Employees will continue to work remotely for months to come. Like many businesses, you may have spent the first few months of the pandemic in a holding pattern: Maybe you were able to sit tight, maybe you had to furlough a few employees, but you definitely weren’t hiring a lot of new staff. But it’s… Read more »
Some findings in a new report may surprise you We recently wrote about the need for fraud investigation teams in virtually all businesses – and that in most small and mid-sized organizations, there simply aren’t sufficient internal resources to deal with occupational fraud. One of the things we heard most often about that piece was… Read more »
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